The grieving family of a 40-year-old mum will never know why she never woke up after going to bed one night.

North Staffordshire Coroner's Court heard Lindsay James was at her home in Thames Drive, Biddulph, when she went to bed at 8pm to watch TV.

She phoned her husband at 9pm, as he was working a night shift, and then rang her mum at around 10pm but didn't complain of anything.

At 6.15am the next day her daughter went into her mum's room to silence her alarm and left Lindsay to wake up naturally. She then went back into her room and realised her mum was not responsive, called 999 and started CPR.

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Paramedics arrived and confirmed she had passed away at home on April 16. A statement was read out at the inquest from Lindsay's sister Michelle Davies. It stated: "My sister worked in the care industry and her most recent job was as an assistant manager working with adults with social needs.

North Staffordshire Coroner's Court.

"She suffered with back problems and had two operations. She had recently returned to work in March 2019 after recovering from spinal surgery.

"She went to bed on April 15 at about 8pm to watch TV, she spoke to her husband on the phone who was working a night shift. At 6.15am her daughter went into her room to silence her alarm and left her mum to wake up naturally.

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